Acting
Lana Turner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget (1937). She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). During the early 1940s she established herself as a leading actress in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Somewhere I'll Find You (1942). She is known as one of the first Hollywood scream queens thanks to her role in the 1941 horror film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and her reputation as a glamorous femme fatale was enhanced by her performance in the film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). Her popularity continued through the 1950s, in such films as The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Peyton Place (1957), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1958, her daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed Turner's lover Johnny Stompanato to death. A coroner's inquest brought considerable media attention to Turner and concluded that Crane had acted in self defense. Turner's next film, Imitation of Life (1959), proved to be one of the greatest successes of her career, but from the early 1960s her roles were fewer. She gained recognition near the end of her career with a recurring guest role in the television series Falcon Crest during 1982 and 1983. Turner made her final television appearance in 1991, and died from throat cancer in 1995.
Filmography
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
Series · 2023
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Film · 2018
This Is Bob Hope...
Film · 2017
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Film · 2009
Murders of Hollywood
Film · 2003
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Film · 2002
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
Film · 2001
Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner
Film · 1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
La Classe américaine
Film · 1993
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Film · 1992
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Film · 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Film · 1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Film · 1987
Night of 100 Stars II
Film · 1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Film · 1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Film · 1982
Showbiz Goes to War
Film · 1982
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Witches' Brew
Film · 1980
The Hollywood Clowns
Film · 1979
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Bittersweet Love
Film · 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
Persecution
Film · 1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
The Big Cube
Film · 1969
Harold Robbins' The Survivors
Series · 1969
The Carol Burnett Show
Series · 1967
Madame X
Film · 1966
Love Has Many Faces
Film · 1965
Who's Got the Action?
Film · 1962
Bachelor in Paradise
Film · 1961
By Love Possessed
Film · 1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
Portrait in Black
Film · 1960
Imitation of Life
Film · 1959
Another Time, Another Place
Film · 1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer
Film · 1958
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Film · 1958
Peyton Place
Film · 1957
Diane
Film · 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
The Sea Chase
Film · 1955
The Rains of Ranchipur
Film · 1955
The Prodigal
Film · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
Betrayed
Film · 1954
Flame and the Flesh
Film · 1954
Great Lady Has an Interview
Film · 1954
Latin Lovers
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Film · 1952
The Merry Widow
Film · 1952
Singin' in the Rain
Film · 1952
Mr. Imperium
Film · 1951
A Life of Her Own
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
The Three Musketeers
Film · 1948
Homecoming
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Cass Timberlane
Film · 1947
Green Dolphin Street
Film · 1947
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Film · 1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
Film · 1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
Film · 1945
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Film · 1944
Twenty Years After
Film · 1944
The Youngest Profession
Film · 1943
Slightly Dangerous
Film · 1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Film · 1943
Strictly G.I.
Film · 1943
Show-Business at War
Film · 1943
Somewhere I'll Find You
Film · 1942
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Film · 1941
Johnny Eager
Film · 1941
Honky Tonk
Film · 1941
Trifles of Importance
Film · 1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Film · 1940
We Who Are Young
Film · 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Film · 1940
Calling Dr. Kildare
Film · 1939
These Glamour Girls
Film · 1939
Dancing Co-Ed
Film · 1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
Film · 1939
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Film · 1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Film · 1938
Dramatic School
Film · 1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Film · 1938
Four's a Crowd
Film · 1938
They Won't Forget
Film · 1937
The Great Garrick
Film · 1937
Topper
Film · 1937
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Film · 1936